Dalata Hotel Group (DAL) Competitors

Dalata Hotel Group (LON:DAL) and Greene King (LON:GNK) are both transportation companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their media sentiment, analyst recommendations, risk, profitability, dividends, valuation, institutional ownership and earnings.

Which has higher valuation & earnings, DAL or GNK?

Dalata Hotel Group has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Greene King. Greene King is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Dalata Hotel Group, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Dalata Hotel Group	£607.70M	1.95	£94.71M	£0.40	1,403.51
Greene King	£2.22B	0.00	N/A	£38.70	N/A

Is DAL or GNK a better dividend stock?

Dalata Hotel Group pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.04 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.0%. Greene King pays an annual dividend of GBX 0.33 per share. Dalata Hotel Group pays out 10.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Greene King pays out 0.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Do analysts rate DAL or GNK?

Dalata Hotel Group presently has a consensus target price of GBX 480, suggesting a potential downside of 14.29%. Given Greene King's higher possible upside, analysts plainly believe Greene King is more favorable than Dalata Hotel Group.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	1 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Greene King	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00

Is DAL or GNK more profitable?

Dalata Hotel Group has a net margin of 13.44% compared to Greene King's net margin of 0.00%. Dalata Hotel Group's return on equity of 5.96% beat Greene King's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Dalata Hotel Group	13.44%	5.96%	3.89%
Greene King	N/A	N/A	N/A

Do insiders and institutionals hold more shares of DAL or GNK?

74.4% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.1% of Dalata Hotel Group shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

Does the media prefer DAL or GNK?

In the previous week, Dalata Hotel Group and Dalata Hotel Group both had 1 articles in the media. Dalata Hotel Group's average media sentiment score of 0.25 beat Greene King's score of 0.00 indicating that Dalata Hotel Group is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Dalata Hotel Group	0 Very Positive mention(s)	1 Positive mention(s)	0 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral
Greene King	0 Very Positive mention(s)	0 Positive mention(s)	1 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Neutral

Summary

Dalata Hotel Group beats Greene King on 10 of the 14 factors compared between the two stocks.